Of a new citizenship law. And hit by Corruption Cases and to repeat election failures israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a primary challenger from his own party. And im were harding with sports it was a basketball battle in l. A. With le brons lakers falling short against the clippers we have that and more christmas in the action coming up this hour. Itll be with us here on the news hour we begin with breaking news in turkeys president recipe the one says that he will be sending troops to libya after a request from the internationally recognized government turkey says it wants to support the tripoli based administration which has been under a months long defensive by forces loyal to the warlord Khalifa Haftar president and also says that hell present a bill on the deployment to parliament when it reconvenes in january. From the beginning we have objected to the coup perpetrated by the retired general against the lawful government we provided and are still providing assista
A day after dozens of civilians were killed in the north. Also hit by Corruption Cases and to repeat elections alias israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a primary challenger from his own party. And im were hard in with sports it was a basketball battle in l. A. With le brons lakers falling short against the clippers we have that and more christmas in the action coming up this is our. Welcome to the news iraqs president says that he would rather quit the name a new Prime Minister rejected by protesters but is refusing to designate the nominee of an iranian backed Parliamentary Group now there have been protests across the country for the past 3 months demonstrators have been calling for an overhaul of iraqs political system well joining me is our correspondent dorsetshire bari from the iraqi capital also this opens a new that iraq has never really walked before potentially no Prime Minister and potentially no president. Certainly that could be a possibility but from what we
Moments as people escaped to safety. You can hear people yelling, get out of the store, right away. As shots rang out inside the store people ducked and took cover wherever they could. One person hid under a table. We want to warn you that what you are about to hear may be disturbing. You can see one person taking cover in this video. You hear the gunshots in the background. There were several people inside the walmart when those shots rang out. Many people said they were going back to School Shopping at the time. President trump reacting this afternoon. He tweeted this, calling the shooting terrible and pledging the federal governments full support. An impassioned tweet from Governor Newsom raids agaeads a. On sunday it was gilroy, today it was el paso. Our movie theaters, our classrooms, our homes. This is an epidemic. This is a crisis. Treat it like one. We need the senate to act now. Weve been following this tragedy in el paso all day. Well continue to bring you more information th
Football the way it was say, 20 30 yea rs football the way it was say, 20 30 years ago. The transfer window closes for premier league clubs. Well find out who did the best business as the new season kicks off tonight. And nothing says summer like a wet weather in a festival field. This is one, but others have fallen foul of weather conditions. Some particularly windy conditions. Ill have the full details later in the programme. Its friday august 9th. Our top story the number of people dying from asthma attacks in england and wales is the highest it has been in ten years, according to an analysis of officialfigures. The Charity Asthma uk says the deaths are unnecessary, as too many people are failing to get the basic level of care. With more, heres our Health Correspondent, dominic hughes. Nearly 5 Million People in england and wales suffer from asthma, which can cause coughing, wheezing, a tight chest and breathlessness. Treated properly, it should be easy to manage, but the number of
Gets underway tonight as european champions liverpool take on promoted norwich city at anfield. And stay with us here on bbc news for more on the search for the irish teenager missing in malaysia. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9 00. Jeremy corbyn has urged britains top Civil Servant to block the Prime Minister if he tries to force through a no deal brexit during a general Election Campaign. There has been speculation that borisjohnson could call an election at the start of november if he loses a vote of no confidence in parliament. The labour leader has written to the cabinet secretary saying such a move would be an nti democratic abuse of power. A move would be an anti democratic abuse of power. Our Political Correspondent tom barton is in westminster. The significance of this letter, what does it mean. Borisjohnson has said repeatedly that britain will leave the European Union at the end of october, no matter what. But there are a significant number of mps who are worri